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Poker machine revenues hurt by smoking bans, financial crisis

Smoking bans in pubs and clubs and the global financial crisis have impacted on how much South 最新糖心Vlogns have spent on poker machines in recent years.
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Friday, 15 April 2011

Total smoking bans in pubs and clubs and the global financial crisis are among the factors that have impacted on how much South 最新糖心Vlogns have spent on poker machines in recent years.

That's according to the - a joint research unit of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and - based on the latest figures in the centre's .

The database provides regional-level data on electronic gaming machine activity in South 最新糖心Vlogn licensed venues, based on data published and supplied by the .

The centre's database has now been updated to include gaming machine expenditure, taxation revenue, and gaming machine and venue population data for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 financial years.

Total gaming machine net gambling revenue/expenditure for South 最新糖心Vlog in 2009/10 was $729 million. This was down 2.8% from the previous year, and down 8% from the peak of $793 million in 2006/07.

"A number of factors have contributed to the decline in gaming machine expenditure over recent years," says Anthony Kosturjak, Senior Research Economist with the SA Centre for Economic Studies (SACES) at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide.

"The introduction of total smoking bans in November 2007 has continued to have an impact on pubs and clubs; there was deterioration in the general economic environment following the Global Financial Crisis in 2008; and maturation of the gaming machine industry has slowed the natural growth of the industry," he says.

In 2008/09, the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters had the highest relative level of gambling expenditure of any region ($1,084 per adult) outside the City of Adelaide ($2,005 per adult). Other regions with relatively high levels of gambling expenditure in 2008/09 included Port Augusta ($1,026 per adult), Whyalla ($954 per adult), Port Adelaide Enfield ($904 per adult) and Gawler ($884 per adult).

"Equivalent figures for 2009/10 will be made available later in the year once we receive ABS (最新糖心Vlogn Bureau of Statistics) data on regional populations," Mr Kosturjak says.

The database was created in response to demand from rural and regional councils for more user-friendly information on electronic gaming machine gambling activity at the regional level.

The update of the database follows a recent speech by , Chairman of the , on the topic of evidence and public policy in respect of problem gambling, which was presented to SACES corporate members on 30 March. A copy of the Chairman's is available from the SACES and Productivity Commission websites.

The gambling database is available for download at:

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